I am a social and easy-going person. and, as most people here, a passionate traveller. While traveling I dont plan much and rather go with the flow.

People subscribe me as:
- Reliable
- Social
- Initiative
- Positive
- thoughtful
- Adaptable

I have become a real food lover and I try to cook new dishes as much as possible. My speciality is cooking Asian food. If you are into cooking then I would love to cook together so I can learn new dishes or techniques. Like would love to learn traditional dishes from your country or any other dishes you like to cook.

I find it hard to sit down and do nothing. An exeption on this is meditation where it is the aim to do and think literally nothing.

Important to mention: I live in Hilversum.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In my opinion the beauty of a country is the people. I you only stay at commercial places then you have limited access to this beauty. Couchsurfing is a great way to meet interesting people with diffent points of view. Futhermore exploring an area in a lokal way is in my opinion the best way.

I think it is another way of exploring the world. When only using Lonely Planet to see the best places then you will be restricted to the tourist areas. Contact with locals can make your trip much more interesting. I don't care too much about visiting places, I am more interested in spending time with people from other cultures. For that reason I regulary visit places where tourists are rare.

Interests

Good conversations

• arts
• culture
• cooking
• indian food
• meditation
• sauna
• chess
• traveling
• live music
• cycling
• surfing
• snorkeling
• history
• hitchhiking
• solo travel
• mountains
• nature
• massage
• meeting people
• meeting new people
• local history
• good conversations
• events
• debating
• nature walks
• carrom

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
Parov Stelar, Bonobo, Beatles, Bakermat, Caravan Palace, Chilly Gonzales, The cinematic Orchestra, Doe Maar, The Doors, Eminem, Joep Beving, The Kyteman Orchestra, Ludovico Einaudi, Pete Philly & Perquisite, Red Hot Chilly Peppers, Sting, Tama Impala, Watsky and Wim Mertens.
As you can see, not one special Genre I like to listen.

Movies
Stranger than fiction, Shutter Island, No country for old man, The King Speech, The Shawshank Redemption, The Bucket List and Into the Wild and Schindlers List.

Books
- The power of now (Eckhart Tolle)
- Non violent communication (marshall rosenberg)
- The Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
- Many lives many masters (Brian Weiss)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Backpack trip around Asia for 2 years (March 2018-March 2020)
- Experienced a classic orchestra performance in the Syney Opera House.
- Winter swim with my host in Latvia.
- Cycling over 200k in one day.
- 32 days of trekking in the Nepalese Himalaya. (Annapurna basecamp, poonehill, Annapurna circuit, Mardi Himal).

What I Can Share with Hosts

- I can cook a meal for them (European, Indian, or something else). Or I can make them my favorite breakfast.
- Teach some of my daily yoga exercises to open up your lung parts. This is for optimum use of your lungs.
- I can teach some nice card games.
- I can teach you the Dutch language.
- I can help you making an intirnary for Europe or other countries I have travelled to.
- Recently I started a massage course, so I will be able to give you a massage.
- Share my time, experiences and anything the hosts requests in advance.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands